A TRIO of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force players – Darren Bravo, Kjorn Ottley and Anderson Phillip – are among a group of 16 players who will be involved in a two-week long white ball skills camp at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua.
The camp will start on Thursday (March 31) and run until April 13.
West Indies team coach, Phil Simmons outlined that the camp will focus on improving skill sets as the West Indies look ahead to two major global events over the next two years – the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia and the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup to be played in India.
Simmons, in a Cricket West Indies (CWI) media release, said: “The camp will be a chance for us to do some work with players in the white ball formats, players who might have a chance to play in the coming white ball teams later this year. The most important thing is that we will be doing things in the camp that we have not been doing well, such as rotating strike, sweeping, and playing spin better.
"It’s about working on things that we’re not 100 per cent at yet. We have several players at IPL who will be working at their games as well, so we’re working with the players here to make sure they keep up the standard and improve.”
[caption id="attachment_906833" align="alignnone" width="733"] TT Red Force batsman Kjorn Ottley. - CWI Media[/caption]
There are two uncapped players on the list – allrounder Nyeem Young and top-order batsman Keacy Carty.
Young was a member of the West Indies Rising Stars squad at the 2020 ICC Under-19 World Cup, and has also played for Barbados Royals in the Caribbean Premier League. Carty has been a consistent member of the Leeward Islands Hurricanes squad for the last five years. He was Player of the Match in the final of the 2016 ICC U-19 World Cup won by the West Indies.
The camp will be held at Coolidge Cricket Ground, the new home of Cricket West Indies, in Antigua. It will also help preparation for West Indies 2022 schedule with home and away tours all featuring white ball cricket. In late May, West Indies travel to The Netherlands for the first ever three-match One Day International series between the two teams, to be followed by the rescheduled three-match ODI Series against Pakistan which was postponed in December.
These fixtures form part of the ICC ODI Super League, where teams will have the opportunity to secure points to try and secure one of the top seven places, excluding hosts India, to gain automatic qualification for the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
[caption id="attachment_941073" align="alignnone" width="918"] TT Red Force fast bowler Anderson Phillip. - MARVIN HAMILTON[/caption]
West Indies will then be hosting tours by Bangladesh, India and New Zealand with all three series featuring white ball matches. Details of these tours will be announced in the coming weeks.
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